Comments on: Review: “Jesus, Interrupted”

By: me

me — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:21:26 +0000

"great response?" You are kidding, right? Beachbum is right up there with Holocaust deniers. For a different perspective, go here and read the pages linked to.

By: mattincinci

mattincinci — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:35:10 +0000

great response beachbum, i couldnt have said it better myself

By: me

me — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:49:04 +0000

Beachbum, This is really funny. Thanks!

By: Beachbum

Beachbum — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:34:34 +0000

You are obviously not familiar with theology, history or archaeology, as evidenced by your review of Ehrman’s book. The authority of Ehrman and others on this topic as a point of contention by you is laughable, sorry. The historical inaccuracy and blatant revisionist attempts at correlation of old testaments with new are more than obvious even to the layman. This is why reading of the Bible was prohibited by the early Roman church. Any authority that knows anything about the history Christianity backs off of Biblical Authenticity like a plague. When you open your mind up to the idea that christianity is nothing more than another means by which to rule over ignorant, illiterate, fearful, (e.g. superstitious) peoples, as understood by Constantine – an organization by which to rebuild a failed Empire, you will understand why people of poverty would be forced to swear by a book they could not read, written in a language seen as cryptic even to their experts, then rewritten (translated/ edited) by a heretical monarchy’s court. King James version, why?
The reason it was in 325 CE the Council of Nicea canonized or rejected writings or other Synods produced decrees or proclamations is because many things had to be forgotten before the populous would take to re-education with the new Christology, mixed with their ancient pagan ideologies for no other reason than to exert power over their mind through fear, a police state of the mind.

Many great and charitable men have given up many things including their lives to combat this greatest of evils, Christianity. Great men like many of this countries founders, great scientist and philosophers; Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, great thinkers from the era of the Enlightenment. Great women from Hypatia of Alexandria to Neda resently killed in the Iranian revolts have given everything in defiance of dogmatic persecution from the Abrahamic religions.
All of this, all of the death, destruction, war and hate, segregation and bigotry etc., has been caused by a misconception of a mistranslation by a misanthropic megalomaniac looking to secure power through maligning the bronze age myths of superstitious desert goat herding tribes from an area still notorious for a loose grasp of reality (Google Baghdad Bob). Bart Ehrman, in his published works has continued to highlight the obviously manufactured correlations, historical fabrications, and blatant lies in this tool of indoctrination that science has continually shown to be only the most immoral mind virus created by man. Thank you

By: aldenswan.com » Blog Archive » Evidence? What evidence?

aldenswan.com » Blog Archive » Evidence? What evidence? — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:51:49 +0000

[...] been hearing a lot lately from folks like Bart Ehrman about the many problems with the Biblical texts, yada, yada. His rhetoric can sound pretty [...]

By: aldenswan.com » Blog Archive » Forget the Old Testament

aldenswan.com » Blog Archive » Forget the Old Testament — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:52:10 +0000

[...] response to a recent post, Jeff Carter comments that atheists like Bart Ehrman and Creationists are alike in that they are [...]

By: God's Problem is Bart Ehrman | Tangled Up in Blue Guy

God's Problem is Bart Ehrman | Tangled Up in Blue Guy — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:49:06 +0000

[...] Bart Ehrman: God’s Problem. Athests Talk #0072, Sunday May 31, 2009 Bart Ehrman is a scholar of The Bible and has published popular works at a rapid clip on the subjects of theodicy and the literary history of the books some refer to as “Scripture.” He was an evangelical who believed that The Episcopalian Church in which he was raised was too tame on the teachings of Jesus’ Word of Salvation. Dedicating himself to the study of the original Greek versions of the Gospels and New Testaments in order to better understand the word of God, he made the discovery that (Whoops!) the Bible couldn’t be an inerrant instruaction manual. There were too many inconsistencies, too many obvious copying errors in the translastions and too many differences in the theologies contained within the books we call the New Testament for it to be a coherent work of God. He has since become agnostic, strongly convinced that even if there be a Creator it is certainly not the one painted by our Christian religions. Scott Lohman and Grant Steves bring their intellectual prowess to bear in discussing the books of Bart Ehrman for this program. Grant and Scott are both impressed by Ehrman’s writing, and they are entertaining thinkers and speakers on the subjecs of literature and theology. This is sure to be a fun show as they discuss Ehrman’s books. Details at Minnesota Ahteists. Counterpoint at Alden Swan [...]

By: Jeff Carter

Jeff Carter — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:47:08 +0000

And, what after all, is the difference between Ehrman and Nicodemus and creationists? They are all literalists.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:04:46 +0000

NIcely done. I can only imagine what you would say if you didn’t like Ehrman so much.